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Xander walked over to Angie, "I know how to make a fire." he said "Here." he took two sticks and fiddled with them a moment then there was a spark and a small fire began to glow. Xander stood and looked at Jack who was eating grass. He grinned, then realized he was a dog... they ate weirder stuff. He looked over at Arthur when he snapped and just shook his head. He then looked off after Brook... he found himself wanting to follow her, but he didn't understand why?! He turned and followed her "Brook wait up!" he called following her "Do you even know where you're goin'?" he asked once he had caught up to her.

Russ stopped, he had heard Xander and Brook. "Did you guys hear that?" he asked.

Brooklyn heard Xanders vocie from behind. Even though she felt like she wanted to be alone a moment ago, but now she was happier that Xander showed up for some reason. She sighed noticing she didnt know were she was at all. Brooklyn paused then said, "Cr**, I guess I was lost in thought," she said slowly. Brooklyn sat down on some type of log. "I just had alot on my mind," she said looking into his sparkling eyes.

Occ: So is Xander in his dog form or not?

George peeked through the bushes trying not to make a sound. He got exicited when Russel mentioned two if the teens. He smircked while watching them. One was that pretty bronette girl and then he saw a brown haired guy (or dog?). "Looks like we found our first prey," he smircked.

I didn't want to be fallowed, in fact, hearing Arthur's voice pissed me off even more. I turned towards him, my eyes bright with thought. I couldn't stay mad at him though, something made me forgive him for everything. I sighed, releasing my anger, and looked at him. The way his hair looked in the morning sun, the way his eyes were suddenly bright. I analyzed him; he'd look cuter with Brooklyn. The observation didn't upset me, but did make me wonder how she looked good with every single guy. Her and Jack would be adorable, her and Xander looked like they were MADE for each other, even Alfred would look good with the spunky little puke. I sighed mentally and then tore my eyes from Arthur "Right now?" I asked, feeling a little embarrassed, I wouldn't tell him what I had just analyzed, but I would tell him how hopeless everything was. "Well, I'm thinking of ways to get out of here. Last night, before I fell out of the tree, I was analyzing the stars. I'm no astronomer, so I couldn't tell exactly where we are. Still in the same state though"- I shrugged and looked up at the sky, it was slowly turning blue-"I was able to locate the Northern Star, and that's when I dozed off, it was somewhere over there"-I pointed to what I assumed to be north-"My point being if we fallow the north we'll be bound to hit a freeway, interstate, city, anything farther south is just more forest. But even if we do reach a highway or city then what? Who's gonna' believe us? No one that's who. Ever since we were kidnapped we've been labeled freaks. Who would even bother pulling over? No one. Even if someone did and we managed to get a cop to believe us, nothing would happen. I don't know about you, but I have a haunch that the h*ll-hole we came from was government funded, they'll just send us back! We're screwed Arthur! We're screwed for good! There's no way out! We're dead! There isn't any hope left for us!" I was screaming by the end. I quickly collected myself, but that same, annoying warmth itched under my eyes and nose. I felt a tear escape my eye but I wiped it away fast, hoping Arthur hadn't seen.

Carl looked down to see the pretty Burnett with Dog Boy and frowned. He was a little disappointed that he hadn’t found his little Birdie but sighed “I guess we could grab them…” He grumbled looking over his shoulder and frowning.

And again, they were alone. Jack, Alfred, and Angel, alone once again. Jack looked around, seeing most of his friends leave, and lowered his head. He knew what they were feeling, and he was almost forgetting about their poor situation right now. Something kept him strong, and...Happy. He didn't know what.
He looked up at Angelica and walked up to her. He laid down nearby her, watching her making fire. He was about to say something, but then just looked around. "I wonder what will happen to us..." he said, mostly to himself.

After Angelica cleaned the last fish, she noticed Riley and Arthur leave. "They better be left alone." She thought, rubbing off the scales with another sharp stick. She just smiled at Xander when he made fire, she saw Brooklyn go and Alexander follow her.
Only three of them were still there. Alfred, Jack and her, Angelica.
She didn't reply to Jack. After rubbing off the scales, she sticked another stick through it and held the fish above the fire.
The bittersweet feeling came back. The warmth of the fire sweetened up all the bitterness, so did Jack, who seemed to be happier than her. The sun was already up in the sky. Angelica stared into the fire, not even noticing the fish which turned into a black and crispy thing that's uneatable. It burned.
But her eyes were focused on the fire. "Mother probably doesn't care that I'm gone. My friends... I doubt they care either. I wish... I wish I knew my father." She thought.
Suddenly she felt very dizzy. She stumbled and fell on the ground. Her whole body was in pain, especially the muscles and bones. She saw fur grow longer right in front of her eyes, her nose suddenly became longer and turned into a sharp muzzle, the whiskers became longer and she felt herself be able to move her ears in different directions. She couldn't see them, though. Her blonde hair turned into red fur, her hands turned into paws, her thumb further away from the rest of her fingers, her elbow was higher... And she felt something strange on her back... Like an extra limb she could move.
Angelica finally sat up, the pain fading. She turned her head to see what is that. She saw a big, bushy red tail with a white tip. She was now a full fox. Angelica tried standing up on her two feet, but it felt very uncomfortable, so she sat back down. Her hearing and smell, they were so much sharper. She looked over at Jack, noticing he's much bigger than he was before. Looking down she saw her clothes very big and baggy, not fitting her at all. A sudden feeling of fear and curiosity ran trough her when she looked at Jack again. She didn't even realize how she ran away from him and hid in a bush. "Angelica, what's wrong? It's Jack, your friend!" her mind told her but she didn't trust him now. Still, she was very curious.

Ooc: She'll be in her fox form for about 2 weeks, then she'll turn back to her fox-human form which she'll be in for about a month, and then she'll be human again.

Arthur's smile faded and he sighed.
"I have no idea in he** where we are." He huffed, folding his arms over his chest. He then smiled down at Riley, then found himself hugging her.
"We're not going to die, you git. You can lead us out of here. I know you can." Arthur reassured her, then felt confused at his words. Why did i say that? We probably are going to get caught again! God im thinking like a da** american.. He thought angrily to himself.

Alfred watched Brooklyn storm off, with Xander close at her heels. He sighed. So again, it was Jack Angelica and him. He turned to Angel, about to say something when she shifted into her fox form. Alfred thought he should cover his eyes for some reason, but instead removed his glasses to clean them.
"Well...im stumped what'do we do now?" He asked jack, looking helplessly lost.

I was confused when Arthur hugged me, that was definatly out of charecter for him. My arms hung at my sides, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to hug him. Then he told me that I could lead all of them out. How would he know? I might've been the smartest here, but a leader? No way. If anyone, Jack was the leader, maybe Arthur was? But me? I couldn't get anyone to listen to me, so leading was out of the question. I decided to hug him back lightly then pulled away "Thanks, we should get back to the rest of the group...They'll be worried..." said, turning back and taking a step in the direction we came. I looked back at Arthur, everything about him. He was so mezmorizing in the sun and for a moment I wondered if I looked as good as he did right now. Was my hair lit up around the edges because of the light? Did my skin look that smooth in the golden rays?

Arthur frowned at the mention of going back, he - for some odd reason, liked being out here, with no one else but Riley. He looked at Riley, and smiled softly, trying to memorize every feature of her.
"Why do we..i dont...You can go, i-I'll stay here." He decided, desperately wanting for her to refuse to leave him.

ooc: Xander's a human right now lol

Xander looked around, then sat down next to her. "What where you thinking about?" he had nothing else to ask her, and for some reason he didn't want to just leave her. He hadn't noticed how his eyes gleamed and sparkled. It was because they where more canine than human, the deep green with golden flecks, and emotions of any dog.

Russ nodded excitedly then looked at Carl and whispered "Maybe if we get these two the others will come looking for them, then you can get your bird girl Carl." he suggested.

I shook my head "I'm not leaving without you, there's too many scientists crawling around here..." I shivered and looked at my feet. Was Arthur...smiling at me? No. That couldn't be. Didn't he hate me? Oh God, not this stupid game. This sitation was exactly why I'd never wanted a boy friend before, so much drama, so much deep thinking. I decided hat Arthur wasn't going to go back for a while so I took a seat under a nicely sized pine.

Carl nodded and smiled.

Arthur laughed a tiny bit, sitting down beside Riley, Closer than he would've preffered.
"I..dont hate you, you know. I dont hate any of you guys. I could make an occasional exception for Angelica, but she tried to eat my bloody hand so." He began, watching the sun rise. It painted the sky with flecks or pink and bright orange, a dash of purple aswell. He sighed.

Brooklyn let out a deep sighed while she looked at her shoes on the white snow. She didn't know if she should tell him what was on her mind or not. But she did anyway. "Well my life has changed so much since that day we were captured. I'm scared and tired and I just don't know what to do. I miss my friends and family back at home, and I miss my perfect life that had changed just some time ago and into a nightmare." Brooklyn felt tears form in her eyes while she talked. "The guy I like I don't think like's me that much. The girl I've never liked is getting way more attention than me. Were all stuck out in this forest without food and we could defiantly die out here. Also I can turn into a cheetah. God... why do I have to turn into a cheetah, why me? My life's just has turned into a disaster," Brooklyn said whipping tears away from her eyes angrily. Soon she calmed herself down and sighed heavily. Brooklyn looked up at Xander. He was one of those only people she could actually tell things too. Back at school she couldn't really tell anyone big secrets or it'd go all over school. But she could trust him more than any of her friends, beside Angelica. She smiled some at him, glad that he came after her. Even at the moment she forgot that he was un popular.

George nodded at Russel's words. "Let's wait a little longer until the best moment when they’re both not aware at all." He said not taking his eyes off the two teens.

Xander listened quietly, he was surprised that he was sitting next to the most popular girl in school... and she was telling him all this. "It'll be okay Brook. We'll find someway outta this, for Riley and Jack it might not be to easy to come back to school, but you, me, Arthur, and Alfred could still go back, since you can't really tell anything about us. Just eye color and stuff... Our lives would slowly become normal again... we'd all go back to being who we are..." You can just go back to ignoring me... he thought almost... sadly...

Russ nodded and listened to them.

Brooklyn still had some tears wanting to fall from her eyes but she tried keeping them in. She felt somewhat better at Xander's words. He was right that she could go back to school, but what if she changed into her animal in front of everyone. Brooklyn tried to put that at the back of her mind. Brooklyn watched Xander carefully; she started feeling bad at what she did to him back at school. He was actually a really awesome guy and just did things his own way, but not like the jocks back at school. Why did they even pick on him anyway? She sighed and looked down remembering she had his jacket on. She took off the jacket and then put it around Xander. "I'm not that cold anymore, thanks for letting me borrow it," she said smiling. Brooklyn noticed she was quite close to Xander and a blush crept across her face. "You know, I think you'd make a great jock," she said and leaned in closer until her lips meet his. This kiss was much different than most of the kisses she'd had before. Most of the time she just made out with guys just for fun and popularly but this was much different. She hoped he'd not get all freaked out for her kissing him. At the moment she really didn’t care if he was popular or not.

George watched them both kiss while he raised his eyebrow. Then it hit him. "Crap, we need to attack now!" he hissed at the others quietly. "They won't see us coming,"

Arthur sighed when riley was quiet, looking at their hands that had somehow intertwined themselves.
"I-..Riley im still trying to figure this whole..'love' thing out. But i can assure you one thing," He said, moving so that he was on his knees infront of Riley. "I do love you." He said quietly, before pulling her head closer to his and kissing her. But i love Alfred too. He thought, decided against saying it outloud.